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Message: [QUOTE="CL82, post: 5101136, member: 44"] I think you were conflating wheeling around a pivot point and the bayonette charge. What the author of the paper you recommended said was that Chamberlain wouldn't have to explain the wagon wheel send to his officers who were experienced soldiers at that time. It's obvious that. Shaara has him do that for the readers benefit. But, in fact, the bayonet charge is a big part of the battle of Gettysburg. it happened, and was pivotal to the defense little round top. Again, I'm just finishing up that pamphlet, the author of your citing doesn't dispute that it happened. Longstreet is a fascinating character in Civil War history. He has his advocates and detractors. He largely suffers from the fact that he was critical of Robert E Lee after the war in his memoirs. Once that happened, many people turned on him. Have to go, but we'll talk about this more later [/QUOTE]